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Show A Tribute to the People of Frisco There is something sacred and beautiful in erecting such a monument which we are to dedicate this lovely afternoon. How well we sense, the deep significance of its purpose. May . it stand forever as a bond between be-tween those valiant ones who have gone on ahead and those of us, the living, who may walk on this hallowed ground. Because of what they did; because be-cause of what they were; because be-cause of what they have given us, we shall never forsake them. We shall continue to build monuments. In this silvery valley a great people once loved, moved about ab-out in work and play. They had their joys for they sang and danced. They had their sorrows and wept. Gone are the voices from the land. The laughter of little children, the shouts of the noisy boys. Gone is the clink-clank of heavy machinery, the ring of steel, the axe, the pick, the shovel. No more are wagons and faithful faith-ful horses pulling slowly along al-ong the way. Gone the little red school house which doubled doub-led for a church. No more comes the peddler with his load of fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat, where anxious and hungry people waited and watched for his familiar team and covered wagon. Gone are the flying sparks from the village vil-lage blacksmith shop, the clicking click-ing telegraph is only a memory mem-ory like the whistle of the . ore-train which echoed through the valley and on above the hills. Gone are the many homes that sheltered these sturdy people. The few that still stand are silent reminders of their courage, they endured the lash Continued on Back Page HERE'S MORE ABOUT DUP Monument Continued from Page One of bitter winters and the sweltering swel-tering rays of the desert's summer sum-mer sun. No trees with gentle shade or cooling streams of water were near to ease their burdens. But weakness was not in their .makeup. They worked, kept going, accomplished much and prospered until the mining days of Frisco were ended. Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Pion-eers of Milford, I congratulate you on your splendid achievement. achieve-ment. And to the men who worked hard to create this masterpiece of strengh. The red sandstone blocks were brought from the rock wall of the old mine and should endure for another hundred years. I believe the happy spirits of those people are here with you today. They have been with you all along, watching and rejoicing as your plans became be-came a reality. The marker will tell a story to all who pass this way of a golden chain, strong and shining, that binds our memories to the past. We must never forget or turn our hearts away. No mattter where they, came from, no matter who they were, the good, the bad, the unpredictable, unpredict-able, we loved them all. They were our people. They were Utah Pioneers. To each and every one who helped in any way to further its cause, let Marker No. 268 stand as a monument in your names also, as we here today pay honor and tribute to the beloved memory of "Old Frisco." (Given by Margery Mackerell, County President, D. U. P., at the dedication of the Frisco Marker, Sunday, June 10, 1962) |